Quote (Kamahl16 @ Feb 28 2015 12:36am)
You think it was the production? I think a lot of 80's production was stellar, I just think what they were making was shit.
Look at some of the big songs, like "Jump" by Van Halen, hair metal from the Sunset Strip, 80's Bob Dylan, all that shit, everything that went through the 80's was just a sludge factory, all that slick, vacant bullshit just makes me feel queasy when I hear it, I don't know what it is.
Of course Disco and Hairmetal was not the creative routes I would have prefered so that's part of the problem but I also do think that many things sounds bad including Miles albums they sound sterile and overpolished to me.
I think Tracy Chapman selftitled is a five star album in the sense that i've played it a ton of tons and still enjoy it but there's something off about the overall sound of the album, the songs are great but the production and the comp is meh... if it was realsed today it would probably be way better.